Evening Star Newspaper, February 24, 1940, Page 4

A—4 &> Crippled Children Education Study by Federation Asked Burroughs Citizens’ Association Supports Finch Resolution A resolution recommending to the Federation of Citizens' Associations for study the present ‘“deplorable situation” in regard to the educa- tion of crippled children in homes and in the schools of the District of Columbia was adopted last night by the Burroughs Citizens’ Associa- tion following introduction by Wil- bur S. Finch, chairman of the Dis- trict of Columbia Suffrage Associa- tion. Mrs. Myrtle Larson of the social service department of Emergency Hospital spoke on the necessity for a plan to educate such children.| She included this in a four-point program of social service she rec- ommended for the District. Other points are: 1. At least four convalescent | homes for patients who no longer | need direct medical aid in hospitals | but are not ready to be sent home or returned to relief rolls. 2. A home or institution to cure inebriates. 3. A dental clinic to serve persons of no means who need denture serv- ice to preserve or promote health. Sees Service Lacking. Enumerating many services of Emergency Hospital and organiza- | tions in the District, Mrs. Larson | nevertheless stated Washington still| lacks features other cities provide. The association asked for traffic lights at Twentieth street and Rhode | Island avenue N.E. and at Summit place and Rhode Island avenue. Complaints | both intersections as being very dan- | gerous, the former because of the fire engines rushing out into the congested traffic from the Twenty- second street engine house and chil- dren from four schools crossing daily | at the Summit place and Rhode Is- | land avenue intersection. - Fred Nerlich, chairman of the Police and Mails Committee, in- formed the group that Traffic Di- rector William H. Van Duzer had disclosed there would be no truck route through the Burroughs terri- tory as had been rumored. No formal action was taken on Mr. Nerlich’s suggestion for 25 additional policemen for the department. No Action on Dispensaries. Speaking on the District liquor question, Mr. Finch said, “There are too many liquor stores here, but the | blame for the bad situation that has | arisen does not rest with the in- dustries but with the ‘regulations governing them. Loose policy and loose enforcement must accept the | responsibility.” No action was taken | on the question of Government- owned dispensaries. Mr. Finch offered a motion asking that Kenneth P. Armstrong, financial | secretary of the association, be em- | powered to appear before any con- gressional hearings on the reorgani- zation of the District government, as | he appeared before the Commis-| sioners last fall. unanimously passed. Marriage License Applications Sheridan M. Leahy. 40, and Nera' B Ryan, 20 the Rev. Pail J. Po‘vjlrénmvd 4 rihur Venable urel and Rosa A 1, Beltsville, Md.: the Rev. 5344 alst st nw. 20 Holbrook st. rhwm Ehodock, 22, Rhoda Horowitz, both of 510 4th st. s.w.. the Rev. 3 =bavan: Ravmond L Biree 10 4th st ne., nd Charlotte R. 24, 1410 150 S%w s the ernethy. Crssie Wiikon 24, 141 Johnnie Mae Bcof w.. the Rev. K. W Lur e 3 Cpendereist, Brown, 23, both of Ath n.w. ‘and 524" Bin "5t 2 and Mary M N st. n.w.; the R. D. Grymes carl L Morsan 1118 New Hampsh ave and Willie M. Knight, 1351 Varnum st. n.w.; the Rev. F. 20. Delta. Pa. and 24, Baltimore.” Md.; 1005 L st. and 132 Georgia ave. hw P Germap. Harold Baer. 1. Brookilyn, N. Y. and Dorothy Gra 0o Bark N, ¥ Judge Rober Mattingly Walter Cohen. 148 Spring rd. n.w., and Clara_Goldberg. 25 1732 16th st the Rev. J. Harold G. Ring Anite t. n.e; the Park rd. n.v. 3104 19th . Spence. v, W. V., and gara )érndnrk;{ Lewistown, Pa.; ey, Samue] Herbort. Horner - r. 5 n.w.. and Johnnie eals. 1R Corcoran st n.w.: the Kenneth N Corbet. 24, 3 1314 T. Murray. ond st. n.e.. the Rev. Sefh Besrs Merchant Contesville. Pa.. Ida_J. Smith. 26. Selma, N. C. J. Dewitt Wilson. Deaths Reported Cora M Ganeewer. 94. St. Elizabeth's spit Job Howe. &6, 1618 Tavior st. Nathan Cow R4, R0D Tth st Eunice B. James, 83. 8t. Elizabeth's Hos- John C. Snvder. 81, Home for Azed and Infirm. Sallie M Huhn. 79. 1517 Elliott pl. Carrie "M. Garrison, 77. Gallinger Hos- pital. Archie C. Patterson. 73 United States Soldiers' Home Hospifal. Erank Briggs, 73 St Elizabeth's Hosoital. Gailoway_69. 1822 Park rd. Pary' c agarvim ha “Fode Loretto Hannan. 66) Milton G. Burdine, 63, Georgetown Hos- pital. Roperts E, Woodvard, 64 4020 13th st. John W. Hile. 61 815 Frank Lavezo. 60. l’rnvmnnu Hospital. : 58 414 Nicholson st. ) Casualty Hospital. Buddle Beavers. 52" Gallinger Hospital. Percy L_Piller. 51. 1519 Lamont st. annh Tnvn\xkl 46, Walter fle(d Hospital. 36. Emergency Hospital. Sibley Hospits and the Rev. nfant Moare. al. William Jackson. 7, St. Elizabeth’s Hos- pital Edward Whitley. 74. Freedmen's Hospital. Hampton Covington, 62, Freedmen's Hos- 7. Garfield Hospital. 1. 36, Freedmen's Hospital. Mary Dodson. 47, Freedmen's Hospital. Maggie Schields, 45. South Buflding, De- vartment of Agriculture. 40, 1401 _6th st . Gallinger Hospital. Willie Green, '3 Casualty Hospital. Births Reported Samuel and Sarah Beck. bov. Willie and Gloria Brock. irl Chester and Virginia Carpenter, John and Lillian Craig. girl. James and Alma Curry. girl. Milton and Helen Dix. boy. Edward and Lucile Hadt, girl. Leo and Muriel Gaffney, boy. §amuel and Leah Guss. boy. Richard and Barbara boy. Behara and Midred Jaschik il Joseph and_Dorothy King. girl. Francis and Anna Knott. girl. Joseph and Alvira Lignelli. boy. William and Mildred Meetre. boy. Paul and Goldie Smith. girl Ronald and Pearl Thring, girl. James and Prances Yowell. girl. John and Mary Bomar. ames” and Elizabeth Brown. gl haries and Nina Collier. girl. Earl and Madeline_Cross. girl, Stanley and Rose Di Pretoro. boy. David and Murie] Dryfuss. boy. Francis and_ Mary Ferguson, boy. sirl, ot and Ri rt and Helen Kirby. ‘Samuel ‘and Marion Lnnc-s:e sirl. ames and Mary Lyon Aard and Heien MAlitster. boy. and_Armalie Stack. boy. silvia_Wolf. girl d May Corley. girl. Erivester and Marion Hester, boy. Abranam and Janie McDowell, twin sirls. - cis Berth d Lottie | substitutions and purchased exemp- | were voiced against| | man will receive a questionnaire. The motion was | | of dependents; class 4—deferred by\ Wartime Mobilization Plan THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, |War Is Fairer Closely Follows 1917 Act Administration of Proposed Law Would Be Largely in Hands of Civilians By OLIVER McKEE, Jr. This is the seventh of a series of articles analyzing delense needs and what is being done to meet them. To obtain the men needed by the Army and Navy in the World War, Congress, in 1917, passed the Selective Service Act. Under this law, signed by Woodrow Wilson on May 18 of that year, more than 24,000,000 men registered foy military service, and nearly 3,000,000 of these were called to the colors. In the belief that, in any future emergency requiring a large expansion in the armed forces, resort will again be had to the draft, the War and Navy Departments have prepared a selective service bill, and the regula- tions for administering a selective service system. For many years the professional< staffs of the two departments have been studying the problems of a wartime mobilization. The pro- posed law, a 1937 revision of an earlier plan, and the regulations for selective service, were worked out long before the start of the present European War. The new plan closely follows the| 1917 act. Like its World War model, administration will largely be in the hands of civilians. It author- izes the President to register and induct into the armed forces all male citizens between the ages of 18 and 45. Army, Navy and diplomatic personnel will not be required to register. From the date and hour set forth in his induction notice, every man called to the colors be- comes subject to military law. Lia- | bility to service will continue for | six months after the date set by | the President as the end of the| emergency. Exemptions Allowed. The proposed law forbids bounties, tions. High Federal and State of- ficers will be exempted, but only while in office. For reasons of es- sential occupation or dependency, the President may defer service. Members of recognized religious sects, whose teachings are opposed to war, will be exempted from com- batant, but not from other service. The law carries stiff penalties. Ar-| rests and prosecutions will be the responsibility of the Justice De- partment. Under present plans the initial registration will cover all men be-| tween the ages of 21 and 31. On| the day set by the President those within the prescribed ages will be required to register in their voting| precincts. Each local board will shuffle the registration cards hap- | hazardly. Chance, therefore, wn]h determine the sequence of the serial numbers. The National Se]ecthe‘ Service Headquarters will then pre- pare a code list, on which the se-| rial numbers will be arranged in | the order in which they are drnwnv by a lottery in Washington. It could easily happen that the serial No. 1, assigned by a local board after its| shuffie, might turn out to be the last number drawn in the lottery, and hence the last number liable for | | selection for military service. | Questionnaire to Be Sent Out. A few days after registration each | He will be given five days in which to fill out this questionnaire. The answers will determine his classifi- cation by the local draft board. Un- der the proposed law registrants will be divided into four classes as | follows: Class 1—available for serv-| ice immediately; class 2—deferred because of importance to the Na- tion of the registrant’s civilian oc- cupation; class 3—deferred because | p law, or because induction is unde- | sirable for such obvious reasons as | insanity or physical unfitness. Un- til a cogent reason for deferment ls\ established every registrant will be | considered as belonging to class 1. Local boards will enjoy broad powers of investigation and a wide discretionary authority. Both the Government and the registrant may file appeals from their classifica- tions. These will be considered by special appeal boards. There will be ap appeal board for approximately | each 600,000 of population. In the World War, about 4,450 local boards | were set up to administer the selec- | tive service system. In a future| emergency requiring selective serv- ice, present plans call for about 6,500 local boards. Quota for Each State. After registration is completed each local board will report its total | of class 1 registrants to State head- | quarters. Consolidated totals, for. each State, will then be reported | to Washington. If the President | decides that the Army and Navy; need 500,000 men, each State will| be called on for a quota propor- | tionate to its class 1 strength. State headquarters will assign each local | board the proper quota. On re- ceiving their assignments, local boards will select the required num- ber of men, according to their order number in the national lottery, skipping the number held by any man who is in class 2, 3 or 4. Pro- vision has been made for “spe- cial calls” for those of particular skills, and individual calls by name, for men of exceptionally rare qual- ificaticns. The actual induction process will follow closely that used in the ‘World War. Each man chosen for service will receive from the local board a notice to report at a cer- tain place at a certain hour and date. If he fails to show up he will be listed as a deserter. At the as- sembly place, the local board will check all papers, appoint a leader and assistant leaders, issue lodging and transportation tickets and start the group to camp. Selective service will add not a single man to the rolls of the armed service during the first 60 days following mobilization. For Congress must first pass the nec- essary legislation, and after Con- gress has acted, draft boards must be appointed and the selective serv- ice machinery set up. In the first 60 days after we entered the World War the Army, Navy and Marine Corps enlisted about 300,000 volun- teers. The protective mobilization plan of the Army and the corre- sponding plans of the Navy ‘De- partment call for more than 700,- 000 new men in the 60 days follow- ing mobilization day. “Civilian Effort” Plans. To obtain volunteers during this period, the War and Navy Depart- ments have prepared plans for what they call the “civilian effort” —a national recruiting campaign. Each Governor will be called on to organize a State-wide drive for volunteers. Quotas will be allotted to each county and city and civilian committees will be appointed each community to direct the local effort. The Army and Navy have broken down t.h?r mobilization re- Vi (4 | INFANTRY. | Leonard. Lt Col. John W.. quirements into State quotas and | have placed the requirements be- fore the adjutant generals of the various States. Comprehensive plans for the “civilian effort” already have been prepared by many States. ‘The proposed selective law, and the regulations for its administra- tion, were prepared by the joint Army and Navy Selective Service Committee. This committee—the nucleus for a future selective serv- ice administration—includes in its membership Regular, National Guard and reserve officers and representatives of the Joint Muni- | tions Board. The committee keeps in touch with the changing prob- lems of mobilization, studies draft procedure, maintains a file of State | selective service plans and con- | | ducts correspond course instruction | for State staff officers, selected re- | serve officers and others who would be concerned with selective service problems in an emergency. It also | | holds each year four regional selec- tive service conferences for the dis- cussion of personnel procurement problems with representatives of | corps areas and naval districts. Norfolk Cotton Man Wills $80,000 to Charity | BY the Associated Press. NORFOLK, Va, Feb. 24—John H. Rodgers, Norfolk cotton mer- | chant and industrialist, who died February 15, left charitable bequests totaling $80,000, it was disclosed when his will was probated in Cor- poration Court here. The gross estate was listed at $2,146,000 and the First and Mer- chants National Bank of Richmond and John B. Jenkins, jr., Norfolk | attorney, were named as executors | of the will and trustees of the es- tate. They qualified yesterday. The Norfolk City Union of Kings Daughters will receive $30,000, the largest charitable bequest under Mr, | Rodgers’ will. Service Orders ARMY. CHAPLAIN CORPS. Oliver. Chaplain Alfred C., Jr.. from Wash- ington to Philippins to,Fort Sam Houston McCor. Maj Frank L. Irom Greenville to Moorefleld Second Lt. Jesse P.. from Por Beniamin Rarrison to Frerio Hice TOTt CORP§ OF ENGINEERS. Johnson, First Lt. Joseph L.. from New- port to Little Rock. QUARTERMASTER CORPS. Stalsburg, Maj. Charles. from San Pran- cisco 10 Hawali. FINANCE DEPARTMENT. Woods. Capt. Lee R. ir. {rom Fort Ben- Jamin Harrison to Pierto Rico. NAVY. BUREAU OF NAVIGATION. Fort. Caot, George H. from Des Division o Naval Academs. iy Read. Capt.” Oliver M., from U. 8. 8. Re- ! wlef to Washington, allace. ‘omdr. Jesse R.. &roj Cushing to Tutuila Loy | Sullivan. Lt, Joseph B.. from Lakehurst to Wainwr Swain; Lt Josepy B from U. 8. §. Ramsay to Destroyer Squadron 41. Andrea. Ensign James P. from 8. 8. Benhsyivania to D 5. & Burhnell MEDICAL CORPS. Herman. Comdr, George G., from Norfolk McReown. L. (). &) George H. C.. Great Lakes to Mare Isiand from .. from Ban | . from Nor- folk to U. st DENTAL CORPS. Davies, Lt. (. &) Harold G.. Academy to Pensacola. SUPPLY CORPS. Royar. Comdr. Murrey L. Saratoga to Washinston. MARINE. from Naval Srom U. 8. 8. Bajlentine, Capt. 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But there are some nice things about it only people are afraid to write them for fear that some fool may jump to the conclusion that| war as a whole is nice, which would be a dangerous and terrible lie. But still T am going to take this risk‘ of telling some of the nice things. Parts of war are like the most | interesting hiking or hunting mp; you ever took, only war is cleaner | and fairer than hunting, and is like | hunting would be if the quail had automatic Bofors guns, and so had as good a chance of killing you as | you have of killing them. Nicer Than Hunting. 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